Lamp-chimney protector.



M. E. DENGLER.

LAMP CHIMNEY PROTECTOR.- APPLICATION FILED AUGJII 19!].

' Patented Aug. 27, 1918.

MARY E. IDENGLER, 0F TIVOLI, NEW YORK.

LAMP-CHIMNEY PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 27', 1918.

Application filed August 17, 1917. Serial No. 186,816.

To all whom it may concern:

B it known that I, MARY E. DENGLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tivoli, in the county of Dutchess, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamp-Chimney Protectors; and I do hereby declare the fol.- lowing to be a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in lamp chimney protectors and has for an 0bj ect to provide an article of the above character which is of an extremely simple and economical construction and which may be quicklv and conveniently applied to and detached from a lamp chimney.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a lamp chimney protector which may be formed from a single length of resilient wire that is bent in novel manner and is readily adjustable to chimneys of different sizes and which is furthermore provided with non-heat conducting handle elements by which the protector may be manipulated without burning the fingersand which also serve to prevent displacement of the protector on the chimney.

With the above and other objects of similar nature in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of a lamp chimney with the invention applied,

Fig. 2 is a sectional view therethrough, and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the protector removed from the chimney.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing there is shown a lamp chimney 5 of ordinary design with which the improved protector 6 is detachably associated.

In constructing the protector 6 there is utilized a single length of resilient wire that is bent upon itself as at 7 centrally of its ends. The side members 8 resulting Copies of this patent may be obtained for from the bending of the wire as above explained extend from the bent portion 7 in divergent relation and have their upper ends bent oppositely at corresponding angles to extend in a common plane as indicated at 9. To facilitate manipulation of the protector so that the fingers may not be burnt when applying or removing the protector to or from the lamp chimney, there is engaged upon the extended ends 9 of the wire suitable handle elements 10 the same consisting preferably of disks of cork or other nonheat conducting substances.

These handle elements not only facilitate manipulation of the protector but also serve to prevent displacement of the latter from the lamp chimney by reason of the fact that the chimney extends between the handle and the side members 8 of the wire.

When applied to the lamp chimney the protector assumes the position illustrated in Fig. 2, with the side members 8 and the bent or connecting portion 7 of the wire extending into the chimney. Because of the high conductivity of the wire those portions extending into the chimney serve to retain the heat fromthe burner and consequently prevent a rapid change in the temperature of the chimney which is frequently the cause of the cracking or breaking of the glass. It will also be seen that the protector may be readily adjusted to accommodate it to chinmeys of different sizes by merely spreading or contracting the side members 8 of the wire.

What I claim is 1 As an article of manufacture, a lamp chimney protector, comprising a substantially V shape member formed from a single length of wire having outturned free ends, and button-like heads fixed on the outturned ends of each formed from non-heatconducting material.

In testimony whereof, I aifix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MARY E. DENGLER.

Witnesses:

PATRU'E SHAW, HENRY M. JAMES.

five cents each, by addressing the commissioner of Iatents,

Washington, D. 0. 

